ā

prefix for people's names; used in transliteration

HSK 3 #471

DEFINITIONS

阿 ā
  • abbr. for Afghanistan 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4]
  • prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity
  • used in transliteration
  • also pr. [a4]
阿 ē
  • flatter

STROKES

WORDS

dōng ē Dong'e county in Liaocheng 聊城[Liao2 cheng2], Shandong
县 dōng ē xiàn Dong'e county in Liaocheng 聊城[Liao2 cheng2], Shandong
縣 dōng ē xiàn Dong'e county in Liaocheng 聊城[Liao2 cheng2], Shandong
沙乌地拉伯 shā wū dì ā lā bó Saudi Arabia (Tw)
沙烏地拉伯 shā wū dì ā lā bó Saudi Arabia (Tw)
次 bō ā cì Boaz (name)
狄奥多・多诺 dí ào duō ・ ā duō nuò Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund Adorno (1903-1969), German sociologist, philosopher, musicologist, and composer
狄奧多・多諾 dí ào duō ・ ā duō nuò Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund Adorno (1903-1969), German sociologist, philosopher, musicologist, and composer
瓦努圖 wǎ nǔ ā tú Vanuatu in south pacific (formerly New Hebrides)
纳德里 nà dé ā lǐ Nad Ali, town in Helmand province, Afghanistan
納德里 nà dé ā lǐ Nad Ali, town in Helmand province, Afghanistan
荷尼拉 hé ní ā lā Honiara, capital of Solomon Islands (Tw)
赫图拉 hè tú ā lā Hetu Ala (Manchu: Yellow Rock), Nurhaci's capital at the 1619 Battle of Sarhu
赫圖拉 hè tú ā lā Hetu Ala (Manchu: Yellow Rock), Nurhaci's capital at the 1619 Battle of Sarhu
路易・皮埃尔・尔都塞 lù yì ・ pí āi ěr ・ ā ěr dōu sāi Louis Pierre Althusser (1918-1990), Marxist philosopher
路易・皮埃爾・爾都塞 lù yì ・ pí āi ěr ・ ā ěr dōu sāi Louis Pierre Althusser (1918-1990), Marxist philosopher
道格拉斯・麦克瑟 dào gé lā sī ・ mài kè ā sè General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war
道格拉斯・麥克瑟 dào gé lā sī ・ mài kè ā sè General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war
密 mài ā mì Miami (Florida)
锡霍特・林 xī huò tè ・ ā lín Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island
錫霍特・林 xī huò tè ・ ā lín Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island
锡霍特・林山脉 xī huò tè ・ ā lín shān mài Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island
錫霍特・林山脈 xī huò tè ・ ā lín shān mài Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island
Q ā q Ah Q, antihero of Lu Xun's influential 1921 novella The True Story of Ah Q 阿Q正傳|阿Q正传[A1 Q Zheng4 zhuan4]
Q正传 ā q zhèng zhuàn The True Story of Ah Q, influential 1921 novella by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4]